Danny Kirrane: You Can Control Overthinking, Anxiety & Binge Eating. School of Rock Bottom 26

From a young age, actor Danny Kirrane had intrusive thoughts and suffered anxiety, overthinking and imposter syndrome. Acting and food was the perfect escape until his family life fell apart aged 18 which made his conditions snowball and created a food addiction and an unhealthy relationship with food. Danny found the courage to find therapy which has transformed his mindset and career. Although he can still struggle with anxiety and can still use food as a way to cope and push down negative emotions - his relationship with himself and an acceptance of what makes him human means he no longer punishes himself and is in control of a positive mindset. Danny generously shares his journey and has valuable insights and techniques for anyone inside and outside the performing arts industry who struggles with anxiety, rumination, overthinking, imposter syndrome and binge eating. More on Danny - Danny Kirrane is a leading actor in the period drama The Serpent Queen for Starz/Lionsgate co-starring with Samantha Morton and Charles Dance and he has just finished filming the Netflix comedy drama Baby Reindeer. Other lead roles in shows include The Sandman, Wasted, Don’t Forget the Driver & Critical. Other shows include Peterloo, Skins, The Inbetweeners & The Pirates of The Caribbean. Danny has extensive theatre credits including Mark Rylance's West End production of Jerusalem. Danny completed a Physics with Astrophysics Degree at Leeds University before becoming an actor after training with the National Youth Theatre. Topics - 0:00 Intro 1:40 Danny's rock bottom 3:38 Childhood anxiety 6:00 Overthinking, rumination & worry 14:50 Acting & escapism 17:30 Using food to cope 21:20 Self awareness & self acceptance 23:55 Tapping into feeings & therapy 25:30 Understanding food addiction 29:00 Positive self body image 31:20 Filling the hole in the soul 35:30 Learning to cope with Imposter Syndrome whilst being an actor and in life 47:10 Where to get help with food addiction This Podcast is not for profit but my goal is to break even. To help me make more please donate here. Thank you! https://bit.ly/3kSucAs Follow Danny Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dannykirrane X - https://x.com/DannyKirrane Follow Oliver Instagram - https://bit.ly/3IemHLY Facebook - http://bit.ly/3w8S1Gx TikTok - https://bit.ly/3YGLsYm LinkedIn - http://bit.ly/3kp4ymC Threads - https://bit.ly/3svw7yL X - http://bit.ly/3GQYj2l Listen or watch on: (please subscribe/follow & rate/review) YouTube - https://bit.ly/3RQ2Rvs Apple - https://apple.co/3PajZvQ or search 'School of Rock Bottom' where you listen to your podcasts.